Can you afford to buy here? If you like, we can get one of our mortgage experts to tell you exactly how much you can borrow, which is the best mortgage for you or how much they could save you right now if you have an existing mortgage. Click here to get help choosing the best mortgage rate

Across the nation CREW lists data for 5162 neighbourhoods, and this month Hermans Island is number 138 putting it ahead of most neighbourhoods .

While the median for Nova Scotia is $232,500 , which means that Hermans Island’s median price is $749,000 considerably better than the rest of the province.

Nova Scotia has the fifth most amount of properties available to property investors, with Hermans Island having 417th most in the province, out of a total of 825.

Can we guarantee how well Hermans Island is going to do next year? No, but we can look at the data we have and use it as a starting point before doing research.

In Hermans Island, housing stock has stayed the same over the last three months, which would tend to mean that home supply and demand are equal.

There are a number of important pieces of research you should do before deciding where to buy an investment property – this data for Hermans Island will hopefully provide an indicator to help you where to research in-depth

If you are looking at investment properties in Hermans Island, then there are about the same homes for sale than there were three months ago. This would indicate that house prices will be influencing it towards being a steadily priced.

Research property data for another neighbourhood

Beds

Median price (House)

Median price (Apartment)

3 bedrooms

$646,750

Send me an alert when you update this data.

Demographics

Population in 201125118

Population in 200625164

2006 to 2011 population change (%)-0.2

Total private dwellings13392

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents10725

Population density per square kilometre14.3

Land area (square km)1759.64

Age Characteristics

Total population by age groups

25120

0 to 4 years

925

5 to 9 years

1070

10 to 14 years

1275

15 to 19 years

1435

15 years

280

16 years

290

17 years

315

18 years

300

19 years

245

20 to 24 years

1115

25 to 29 years

915

30 to 34 years

1100

35 to 39 years

1445

40 to 44 years

1665

45 to 49 years

2260

50 to 54 years

2390

55 to 59 years

2335

60 to 64 years

2305

65 to 69 years

1695

70 to 74 years

1235

75 to 79 years

860

80 to 84 years

575

85 years and over

515

Median age of the population

48.7

% of the population aged 15 and over

87

Marital Status

Total population 15 years and over by marital status

21845

Married or living with a common-law partner

14735

Married (and not separated)

12290

Living common-law

2440

Not married and not living with a common-law partner

7115

Single (never legally married)

4145

Separated

535

Divorced

1055

Widowed

1380

Family Characteristics

Total number of census families in private households

8255

Size of census family: 2 persons

5055

Size of census family: 3 persons

1665

Size of census family: 4 persons

1190

Size of census family: 5 or more persons

345

Total number of census families in private households

8255

Total couple families by family structure and number of children

7305

Married couples

6090

Without children at home

3685

With children at home

2405

1 child

1165

2 children

965

3 or more children

270

Common-law couples

1215

Without children at home

750

With children at home

465

1 child

255

2 children

155

3 or more children

60

Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children

950

Female parent

690

1 child

435

2 children

185

3 or more children

65

Male parent

260

1 child

185

2 children

60

3 or more children

15

Total children in census families in private households

6120

Under six years of age

1105

6 to 14 years

2140

15 to 17 years

860

18 to 24 years

1265

25 years and over

745

Average number of children at home per census family

0.7

Household And Dwelling Characteristics

Total number of persons in private households

24965

Number of persons not in census families

3285

Living with relatives

340

Living with non-relatives only

595

Living alone

2355

Number of census family persons

21680

Average number of persons per census family

2.6

Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households

4805

Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over

1355

Living with relatives

170

Living with non-relatives only

100

Living alone

1075

Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over

3450

Total number of private households by household type

10725

Census-family households

8115

One-family-only households

7650

Couple-family households

6890

Without children

4170

With children

2715

Lone-parent-family households

765

Other family households

465

One-family households with persons not in a census family

330

Couple-family households

225

Without children

125

With children

100

Lone-parent-family households

100

Two-or-more-family households

140

Non-census-family households

2610

One-person households

2350

Two-or-more-person households

255

Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling

10725

Single-detached house

9900

Apartment, building that has five or more storeys

0

Movable dwelling

540

Other dwelling

280

Semi-detached house

65

Row house

10

Apartment, duplex

60

Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys

130

Other single-attached house

20

Total number of private households by household size

10725

1 person

2355

2 persons

4910

3 persons

1715

4 persons

1290

5 persons

330

6 or more persons

130

Number of persons in private households

24960

Average number of persons in private households

2.3

Census 2011

Get help choosing the best mortgage rate

Just fill in a few details, and we'll arrange for a Mortgage adviser to help you find the best mortgage for your needs